Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17.- Parker Stevenson
You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you are aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day.
What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.
The Hardy Boys burned me out. I was recharging my batteries. It was time to return to work, but it was tough because my visibility was low.
The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me.
Suddenly you are surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they do not know what they want, and you do not know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.
My interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture.
Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.
In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I am going to be doing.
In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
If it seems like you are doing work when you are acting, then you are doing something wrong.
If I have a Sunday free, I will go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
I am more interested in where I will be in five or 10 years than where I am now.
I am going to go away on vacation, I am going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it's important to sit back and think about what you want.
